Air Transport

By Joe Anselmo, Guy Norris, Tony Osborne
What did we see and what was missing at the Paris Air Show? Listen in as our editors discuss the highs and lows from the biannual aerospace industry gathering at Le Bourget.
Defense

Airbus achieved new business for 363 commercial aircraft, comprising 149 firm orders and 214 commitments.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
Qatar Airways is adding to its steadily strengthening freighter fleet with a commitment to purchase five more Boeing 777Fs.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
Retired pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, who gained fame after he landed a US Airways Airbus A320 in the Hudson River off Manhattan in 2009, told U.S. House lawmakers that pilots flying the Boeing 737 MAX should receive additional Level D full flight simulator (FFS) training.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
AUCKLAND—Air New Zealand CEO Christopher Luxon has announced he will be stepping down from his role in September, and the carrier has begun a search for his replacement.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
Airbus and Rolls-Royce are on track to start modifying a Bae 146/RJ100 airliner into the E-Fan X hybrid-electric demonstrator in 2020 as the engine maker assumes a greater role following its recent acquisition of Siemens’ eAircraft unit, a former partner in the project.
Air Transport

By Karen Walker
Four men, including an alleged former Russian intelligence service colonel, have been charged with bringing the missile into Ukraine that shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014, killing all those on board the Boeing 777-200.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines signed a letter of intent (LOI) for 15 Embraer 195-E2s plus 20 purchase rights at the Paris Air Show July 19.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. revealed that it has a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for 15 SpaceJet M100s from an unidentified North American customer—the first orders or commitments for the newly revealed type.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
Low-boom breakthrough means supersonic transport is ready for prime time, says Lockheed Martin.
Aerospace

By Sean Broderick
American Airlines will acquire 50 Airbus A321XLRs, adding 20 new aircraft to an order of 30 A321neos that have been converted to the new Airbus long-range narrowbody.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Philippine Airlines (PAL) has named Vivienne Tan to take over operational control of the carrier, after the airline’s president Jaime Bautista announced his retirement.
Air Transport

David Casey
The newly-launched Airbus A321XLR saw another major order boost with an MOU for 50 of the long-range narrowbodies from U.S. private equity firm Indigo Partners.
Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
Turboprop airframer ATR used the third day of the Paris Air Show to announce a new short take-off and landing (STOL) version of the ATR 42-600 (ATR 42-600S), with 17 provisional orders already secured, as well as another 23 orders for its existing product range.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Qantas has become the latest airline to order the Airbus A321XLR, with conversions and new orders covering 36 of the new variant.
Air Transport

By Karen Walker
A masterplan for London Heathrow Airport’s expansion and third runway has been published and made available for public comment and consultation through Sept. 13.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Portuguese wet-lease operator Hi Fly plans to grow its fleet significantly, including adding more Airbus A380s, as it anticipates a strong demand for its services to continue in the coming years.
Air Transport

ATR has announced a total of 75 order commitments, including 35 firm orders from NAC disclosed.
Air Transport

One of the world's largest airline groups announced yesterday it intends to build its future fleet with the Boeing 737 MAX with an intention to purchase 200 MAX jets.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
The U.S. startup flies a Cessna 337 Skymaster modified to a testbed for its planned hybrid-electric propulsion retrofit for regional aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Airbus is making further progress in placing its two models addressing the middle of the market segment with commitments from several airlines in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
Air Transport

By Maxim Pyadushkin, Bradley Perrett
The Craic CR929 widebody airliner program has gained its first, preliminary sales agreements, said consortium partner United Aircraft Corp. (UAC), which has also widened development schedule targets to allow for slippage from earlier dates.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
Newly renamed De Havilland Aircraft of Canada is using the Paris Air Show to reassure customers that there will be no hiccup in service since the company completed its acquisition of Bombardier’s Dash 8-400 regional turboprop.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
MTU Aero Engines believes the aerospace supply chain will continue to be hesitant on agreeing to further rate increases for single-aisle aircraft.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
The main creditors of India’s Jet Airways have decided to trigger bankruptcy proceedings, which is likely to squash any last hopes of resurrecting the airline.
Air Transport